I’m helping out the Playwrights Foundation, and last night was our big prep day. Jonathan Spector did the shopping, Amy Mueller supplied the kitchen, and I still smell like onions.

The official judging is being done by local theater critics, but you can vote for audience favorite. It’s this Saturday, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at El Rio Bar, 3158 Mission Street, San Francisco. Tickets are $1 each, and for one ticket, you get a chili taster; for five, you get an entire bowl. Or get an all you can eat “gas pass” for $20 in advance and $30 at the door. Purchase tickets at www.crowdedfire.org or at the door.

Music, food, I’m assuming beer: come on out! We’ve done the hard part already. (Ya bastards.) All you gotta do is show up and eat.